Cross-site scripting in Qualiteam X-Cart

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU40844

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0950

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in admin.php in X-Cart 5.1.6 through 5.1.10 when processing substring parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

X-Cart: 5.1.6 - 5.1.10

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam_corp:x-cart:5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam_corp:x-cart:5.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam_corp:x-cart:5.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/924124
http://blog.x-cart.com/5-1-11-released.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.